Download or read book Quilly Hall written by Benjamin W. Farley and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2008-03-15 with total page 277 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Quilly Hall weds fiction and history in this powerful story, set in the 1940s in the Holston Valley near the town of Abingdon, Virginia. Daniel Boone twice camped here. The town itself served as a rail hub during the Civil War and cared for the wounded in its hospitals. The novel's title refers to a statuette whose presence in the old home's hallway haunts the story. Farley's novel traces the life of Thomas Edmonds, an only son whose father was killed in the battle for Guadalcanal, and who is raised by a bevy of family who regale him with their proud past. One of his ancestors--a veteran of the Battle of Chickamauga--is alleged to have buried a treasure under a rock in the fabled Knobs above the home place. Foray after foray is mounted in search of this rock and its secret. A favorite uncle and scruffy farmhands become Tom's mentors until he matures, attends Harvard, marries, and leaves for Vietnam. Farley's style and his story are gripping, compelling, and melodic. You will fall in love with each character and grieve as one by one they pass on.
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Download or read book Guide to the Records of the United States Senate at the National Archives 1789 1989 written by United States. National Archives and Records Administration and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Impeachers written by Brenda Wineapple and published by Random House Trade Paperbacks. This book was released on 2020-05-19 with total page 593 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: Jennifer Szalai, The New York Times; The New York Times Book Review; NPR; Publishers Weekly “This absorbing and important book recounts the titanic struggle over the implications of the Civil War amid the impeachment of a defiant and temperamentally erratic American president.”—Jon Meacham, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of The Soul of America When Abraham Lincoln was assassinated and Vice-President Andrew Johnson became “the Accidental President,” it was a dangerous time in America. Congress was divided over how the Union should be reunited: when and how the secessionist South should regain full status, whether former Confederates should be punished, and when and whether black men should be given the vote. Devastated by war and resorting to violence, many white Southerners hoped to restore a pre–Civil War society, if without slavery, and the pugnacious Andrew Johnson seemed to share their goals. With the unchecked power of executive orders, Johnson ignored Congress, pardoned rebel leaders, promoted white supremacy, opposed civil rights, and called Reconstruction unnecessary. It fell to Congress to stop the American president who acted like a king. With profound insights and making use of extensive research, Brenda Wineapple dramatically evokes this pivotal period in American history, when the country was rocked by the first-ever impeachment of a sitting American president. And she brings to vivid life the extraordinary characters who brought that impeachment forward: the willful Johnson and his retinue of advocates—including complicated men like Secretary of State William Seward—as well as the equally complicated visionaries committed to justice and equality for all, like Thaddeus Stevens, Charles Sumner, Frederick Douglass, and Ulysses S. Grant. Theirs was a last-ditch, patriotic, and Constitutional effort to render the goals of the Civil War into reality and to make the Union free, fair, and whole. Praise for The Impeachers “In this superbly lyrical work, Brenda Wineapple has plugged a glaring hole in our historical memory through her vivid and sweeping portrayal of President Andrew Johnson’s 1868 impeachment. She serves up not simply food for thought but a veritable feast of observations on that most trying decision for a democracy: whether to oust a sitting president. Teeming with fiery passions and unforgettable characters, The Impeachers will be devoured by contemporary readers seeking enlightenment on this issue. . . . A landmark study.”—Ron Chernow, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Grant
Download or read book The Senate 1789 1989 Addresses on the history of the United States Senate written by Robert C. Byrd and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 828 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Records of Impeachment written by and published by National Archives Trust Fund Board National Archives and Rec. This book was released on 1987 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Duo The Best Scenes for Mature Actors written by Stephen Fife and published by Hal Leonard Corporation. This book was released on 2015-08-01 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: (Applause Acting Series). This foray into the deeply serious and deeply funny (sometimes at the same time) world of life after 40 focuses primarily on scenes that depict the struggles of contemporary characters to come to terms with disappointment and obsolescence or to redeem their lives from the mistakes or miscalculations of their youth. It draws heavily on American classics like Long Day's Journey into Night , Death of a Salesman , The Price , Glengarry Glen Ross , Fences , and Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? , as well as more recent classics-in-the-making like August: Osage County , Good People , and God of Carnage . There is also ample representation from British playwrights like Harold Pinter, Tom Stoppard, Simon Gray, and Peter Nichols, whose work also explores this territory of growing older in a society obsessed by youth and novelty.
Download or read book Born to the Legend written by S.W. Darksson and published by Strategic Book Publishing & Rights Agency. This book was released on 2015-03-06 with total page 349 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A peasant boy, born with the mark of a three-thousand-year-old legend, kidnapped and sold into slavery. A general, bound by honor and duty, to command a vast army set out for conquest. A king, consumed by power and greed, accompanied by a dark wizard full of hatred and malice. A wizard of light, with visions of a young boy, and destinies entwined. Nionue led a simple life until the fateful day everything he knew had been taken from him. Set upon a path full of hardships and sorrow, he meets Cariaro, a general of commanding presence. Taken in and raised as the general’s own, he meets the love of his life and the happiness he seeks seems to finally be at hand. Yet he battles the destiny he does not desire. But that destiny cannot be ignored. Nionue must realize that despite his reluctance, he is… Born to the Legend.
